Rule Section: §192.917(a)

Threat identification.

Rule Hierarchy:

192.917
How does an operator identify potential threats to pipeline integrity and use the threat identification in its integrity program?

192.917(a) Threat identification.

Rule Language:

An operator must identify and evaluate all potential threats to each covered pipeline segment. Potential threats that an operator must consider include, but are not limited to, the threats listed in ASME/ANSI B31.8S (ibr, see §192.7), section 2, which are as follows:
(1) Time dependent threats such as internal corrosion, external corrosion, and stress corrosion cracking;
(2) Static or resident threats, such as fabrication or construction defects;
(3) Time independent threats such as third party damage and outside force damage; and
(4) Human error.